Reviews
Soul Tropical
The grandson of West Indians from Saint-Kitts and Martinique and now resident in Marseilles, Walters continues his exploration of Afro-Caribbean...
Reviewed in issue May/2023
The Confluence
The Nigerian-British keyboardist and bandleader Dele Sosimi is a London fixture, an Afrobeat ambassador with links to the great Fela...
Reviewed in issue May/2023
Terri Kunda
Conceived during an international Zoom call, this collaboration between US-based pipa virtuoso Gao Hong and London-based kora master Kadialy Kouyate...
Reviewed in issue May/2023
Soprem Bons Ventos
Pedro Ricardo, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, explains that his debut album represents “an ode to the past, to those...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Abri Cyclonique
For the last five decades, Polobi, from Guadeloupe has been drumming and singing gwo ka music in the Caribbean island's...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
On a Good Day
After a seven-year hiatus, Belgian flute player Yves Barbieux returns as part of Polk Trio, bringing together his flute and...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Medicine
To get the full therapeutic benefit of Orchestra Gold's Medicine; it's best to play it loud. That way you experience...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Pasado en Claro
This album is credited to double bass player Anders Jormin, and indeed seven of the 11 compositions are his. Yet...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Face to Face
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection
The velvet-voiced Sotho folk singer Vusi Mahlasela met the Swedish jazz/soul collective Jive Connection in the early 1990s in an...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Ez Kî Me
Even though this is actress and singer Meral Polat's homage to her Kurdish roots, the music on her debut album,...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
